2008 Mercury Sable

The Mercury Montego has also been freshened with a bolder waterfall grille and engine enhancements and will now be called the Sable.

Chicago is the hometown of the factory that produces this trio of front- and all-wheel drive sedans and crossovers, so decided to use this town's auto show as a way of introducing not-so-new names for the Ford Five Hundred and Freestyle and Mercury Montego. The Five Hundred Sedan, which bowed with its new three-bar grille treatment and 260-bhp 3.5-liter V-6 in Detroit, will now be called the , picking up the name from the previous Atlanta-built sedan which was discontinued this year. The same styling cues and engine upgrade, which comes with a 6-speed automatic, will be used on the Freestyle, which will be called . The Mercury Montego has also been freshened with a bolder waterfall grille and engine enhancements and will now be called the . All three go on sale later this year as 2008 models.